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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Stable boys in front of Walter Fisher's Stable, 108 West Hughes Street near South Hanover Street, South Baltimore, Maryland

August 1972

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This black and white photographic print depicts five boys with their arms draped over each others shoulders. Wearing long white aprons, they stand against a wall with its plaster flaking off, revealing the brick beneath. Over their heads are words in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.125.7
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Sports

Stacey Francis-Bayman

1988–

Stacey Francis-Bayman (née Francis, born 1 January 1988) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. At club level she…

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Education & Scholarship

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas

1969–

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (born 1969) is an American author and educator. She is associate professor of ethics and society at Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Floyd-Thomas is…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Stacking sisal on an estate near Tanga on coast, Tanzania

1966-08

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Cataloged as “Stacking sisal on an estate near Tanga on coast, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0609
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Historical photographs & visual records

Stacking sisal on sisal estate in Tanga region, Tanzania

1966-08

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Cataloged as “Stacking sisal on sisal estate in Tanga region, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0553
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Stage costume worn by Jermaine Jackson

1972

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Stage costume worn by Jermaine Jackson and made by the International Costume Company, consisting of pants and a shirt. The shirt (2010.23.2a) is composed of a corduroy lime green fabric at the chest, upper proper right arm, and entire proper left arm. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.23.2ab
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Sacred and Ceremonial Objects

Stained glass rosette shard from the 16th Street Baptist Church

ca. 1963

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A stained glass rosette shaped shard (a) from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The piece consists a cream diamond-shaped center, surrounded by rings of blue, ochre, and purple colored glass within a lead frame. Two pieces of the lead…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.138abc
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Photographs and Still Images

Stained-glass window given by the people of Wales adorns the balcony of the historical Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (site of a fatal1963 bombing), Birmingham, Alabama, 1996

1996; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of a stained glass window. The window depicts a crucified Christ. Text at the bottom of the window says “You To Do It To Me” and “GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF WALES UK – MCAMLXIV.” No inscriptions on the front or back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.43
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Historical photographs & visual records

Staircase to home

2000-02-04

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Staircase to home. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 133.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1667
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Historical photographs & visual records

Stairs in Timbuktu Home

2000-02-05

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Stairs in Timbuktu Home. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 54.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1726
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MUSEUM OBJECT
buttons (fasteners)

Stamped brass uniform button with American eagle

1861-1865

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This small brass button is stamped with the device of a spread eagle with shield holding an olive branch in his right claws and three arrows in his left claw. It is a standard small-sized general service button worn by a non-commissioned officer or…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.4.5
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Sports & Achievement

Stanley Redwine

1961–

Stanley Redwine (born April 10, 1961) is a retired American middle-distance runner who matriculated at the University of Arkansas, and specialized in the 800 meters. He twice was the U.S. 800 meter national champion. He represented his country at three…

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Scholarship

Stanlie James

Biography

Stanlie Myrise James is an American social scientist specializing in human rights, black feminism and black families. In 2016 she was appointed Vice Provost for Inclusion and Community Engagement at Arizona State University (ASU). She has been a Professor…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Star Jones

1962–

Starlet Marie "Star" Jones (born March 24, 1962) is an American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate. She is best known as one of the first co-hosts on the ABC morning talk show The View,…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Jewelry and Adornment

Star medallion pendant owned by Herman Wallace while incarcerated

after 2008

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A metal medallion necklace (a) with design notes (bcd), designed and commissioned by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The metal medallion, crafted by an unknown inmate at Angola through the Hobbycraft program, is designed with Herman’s…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.15.5abcd
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Historical photographs & visual records

Star Of David on Church Wall, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-27

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Original Carousel 22, slide 2.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2677
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Star Parker

1955–

Star Parker (born Larstella Irby, October 23, 1955) is an American conservative political activist, syndicated columnist, author, and television host. In 1995, she founded the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), a Washington, D.C.–based public…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
artists' statements

Statement page for Harlem, USA portfolio

1979; printed 2005

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The artist's statement for the "Harlem, USA" portfolio by Dawoud Bey. The statement is printed in black ink on white paper.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.197.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

Statue of man in cemetery, Shagamu, Nigeria

Date not recorded

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Original text on slide reads, "Statue of man in cemetery".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0954
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

1971

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A short film with the title Statues Hardly Ever Smile. It was directed by Stan Lathan and produced by Chamba Productions about a program to bring children from the local community into the Brooklyn Museum to create performance art. There are four (4)…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.63
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Steamer Vicksburg with Load of Refugees from Hollands Landing Taken in Sunflower River 55 Miles Above Vicksburg - April 1927

April 1927

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A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts a river steamboat loaded with refugees from north of Vicksburg.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.13.61
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Steffon Armitage

1985–

Steffon Armitage (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional rugby union player who currently plays for French club Stade Niçois.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Stella Meghie

Biography

Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature films Jean of the Joneses (2016), Everything, Everything (2017), The Weekend (2018), and The Photograph (2020). Meghie has also directed episodes for television series…

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Arts & Performance

Stephanie Dinkins

1964–

Stephanie Dinkins (born 1964) is a transdisciplinary American artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She creates art about artificial intelligence (AI) as it intersects race, gender, and history. Her aim is to "create a unique culturally attuned AI entity in…

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